- "I’m not the expert on how the Iraqi people think, because I live in America, where it’s nice and safe and secure. "
- "Had we to do it over again, we would look at the consequences of catastrophic success, being so successful so fast that an enemy that should have surrendered or been done in escaped and lived to fight another day."
- "Let me put it to you bluntly. In a changing world, we want more people to have control over your own life."
- "In my judgment, when the United States says there will be serious consequences, and if there isn’t serious consequences, it creates adverse consequences."
- "As you know, we don’t have relationships with Iran. I mean, that’s—ever since the late ’70s, we have no contacts with them, and we’ve totally sanctioned them. In other words, there’s no sanctions—you can’t—we’re out of sanctions. "
- "I’m honoured to shake the hand of a brave Iraqi citizen who had his hand cut off by Saddam Hussein. "
- "There is no such thing necessarily in a dictatorial regime of iron-clad absolutely solid evidence. The evidence I had was the best possible evidence that he had a weapon."
- "I’m also not very analytical. You know I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about myself, about why I do things."
- "First, let me make it very clear, poor people aren’t necessarily killers. Just because you happen to be not rich doesn’t mean you’re willing to kill. "
- "When Iraq is liberated, you will be treated, tried and persecuted as a war criminal. "
- "I’m the commander—see, I don’t need to explain—I do not need to explain why I say things. That’s the interesting thing about being president."
- "I was proud the other day when both Republicans and Democrats stood with me in the Rose Garden to announce their support for a clear statement of purpose ‘you disarm, or we will...’."
- "The problem with the French is that they don’t have a word for entrepreneur."
